HYPERTENSION IN African-AmericanS The questions regarding all aspects of life of African-Americans is a matter of curiosity and resultant scientific interest within the people of America, and there is a resultant interest in their health on that acc Continue Reading...
Hypertension among African-Americans Nursing Process and Health Promotion of Groups and Community Theory Hypertension is very rampant in African-Americans, and health providers link it with three major chronic diseases, which include; stroke, kidne Continue Reading...
2009). The interventions used in this research study proved to be ineffective, however, and it has been suggested that more culturally relevant study leading to the development of more highly-culturally-specific practices is needed in this regard (P Continue Reading...
Hypertension / High Blood Pressure What are the symptoms of hypertension and what are the reasons that people get hypertension? What ethnicities are most prone to hypertension? The answer is that African-Americans are most prone to hypertension -- i Continue Reading...
African-American HBP An effective health education program must be culturally aware, sensitive to the history and specific needs of the community. Within the African-American community, there is an unfortunate history of mistrust with regards to the Continue Reading...
LEADING CAUSES OF MORBIDITY: Some of the diseases which often result in early death in African-Americans, provided that the go untreated or undiagnosed, include hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, dementia (i.e., Alzheime Continue Reading...
African-American Women in New York State "About 30% of Hispanic and 20% of African-Americans lack a usual source of health care compared with less than 16% of European-Americans" (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003). "Racial and ethnic Continue Reading...
African-American Men Provide a brief overview of the health issue among your selected group, statistics about the scope of the problem, and its implications for health. According to the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010), "African-Am Continue Reading...
For African Americans with Hypertension (P), Does Telemonitoring Blood Pressure Education (I), Compared to Usual Care (C), Improve Blood Pressure Control (O), Within Three Months (T) Abstract With the advent of technology, telemedicine has gained its Continue Reading...
Hispanics and 40,375,000 African-Americans live in the United States and the respective percentages of these population groups are projected to continue to increase well into the foreseeable future. The purpose of this study was to provide descripti Continue Reading...
African-American people from a qualitative perspective. The literature review will provide a brief background on African-American people and leading health problems they face along with a brief inclusion of census data to create a general picture of Continue Reading...
Research Databases - Nursing Stroke Disparities The incidence and mortality rates for stroke differ markedly along racial lines, with African-Americans having a much higher risk of stroke and death from stroke compared to Whites (Howard, 2013). App Continue Reading...
Other factors include a history of alcohol and tobacco use, and dietary assessment including saturated fat and caffeine. Also certain prescribed and over-the-counter medications, herbal remedies, and illicit drugs may be factors, as well as psychoso Continue Reading...
Obesity is a serious social problem in America. The effects of obesity in childhood are well documented in both the social science literature and medical journals. During the last 30 years, the percentage of obese children between the ages of 6 and 1 Continue Reading...
African-Americans in Louisiana & Type 2 Diabetes Rates The poor will be always with us, we are biblically admonished. And for Americans we might add to this ancient maxim that the African-American poor will be always with us. Despite the many ga Continue Reading...
Strokes and African-Americans African-Americans are reported to be nearly twice as likely to experience a stroke as their white counterparts however, African-Americans are much less likely to know the risk-factors and symptoms of stroke or to seek e Continue Reading...
Community resources must be identified and brought together to meet needs. Actions can be developed to prevent poor health outcomes by: appropriately identifying, collecting, and reporting racial/ethnic group-specific data; identifying where data ar Continue Reading...
REDUCING RISKY BEHAVIOR FOR African-American TEENS An Intervention for Reducing Risky Behavior Among African-American Female Adolescents: Provider Cultural Competency Training The Office of Minority Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Continue Reading...
COUNSELING Counseling: Case ConceptualizationSubstance use disorder is not a healthy life activity that should be continued at any stage of life. There are only risks associated with this condition since the individual and his family suffer from this Continue Reading...
Health Status Health promotion among diverse populations Health status of a minority group: African-Americans As is the case with all precious commodities, good health is not distributed equally throughout the population. Profound disparities exis Continue Reading...
Diabetes is one of the biggest challenges impacting African-Americans. This is because genetics, lifestyle choices, economics and other factors will have an impact in determining if someone is susceptible. In the case of children, their obesity rates Continue Reading...
Diversity of Aging Population -- Innovative Healthcare Over the past several decades there has been an avalanche of research and scholarly narratives focusing on the aging of millions of Americans -- among them the "baby boomers" that were born betw Continue Reading...
Figure 2 lists a number of risk factors that a person may change to reduce his/her risk of developing hypertension and/or to lower his/her blood pressure. Figure 2: Risk Factors for Hypertension (adapted from Rizzo, Odle & Costello, 2006, Risk Continue Reading...
M., 2009, p. 1474). IMPACT on the FAMILY: Although hypertension is one of the most prevalent of all disorders in the United States, it does not affect nor impact the family of a person with this disorder as much as other diseases, such as heart dis Continue Reading...
Losing weight not only reduces the likelihood of complications due to high blood pressure; losing weight usually entails dietary changes that will also reduce hypertension. For example, eating fewer processed foods will both help a person lose weigh Continue Reading...
Introduction Health disparities refer to avoidable dissimilarities existing in the occurrence of violence, disease and injury or in the opportunities for enjoying peak health which is faced by minority and social disadvantaged ethnic and racial popul Continue Reading...
And Li, (2006). These researchers took previous findings regarding the efficacy of ACE inhibitors (Fosinopril, in particular) and applied them to children of different racial populations. Moreover, Menon et al. (2006) investigated whether the eviden Continue Reading...
HYPERTENSION AND IMPACT ON US Hypertension and Its Potential Significant Impact on U.S. PopulationThomas Fuller, an English churchman, and historian, said: \\\"Health is not valued till sickness comes.\\\" Hypertension is one of the most life-threate Continue Reading...
Hypertension is defined as systolic BP of at least 140 mm HG and diastolic BP of at least 90 mm Hg, self-reported use of antihypertensive medications, or both. (Ostchega, 2005-2006) Hypertension, according to the joint national committee 6 and 7, is Continue Reading...
Hypertension, or elevated blood pressure, is the excessive amount of pressure generated as a result of blood flowing against the arterial wall. High blood pressure can be created when there is a great volume of blood passing through the arteries, or Continue Reading...
As the text by Griner & Smith (2006) asserts, "There is a pressing need to enhance the availability and quality of mental health services provided to persons from historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups. Many previous authors have ad Continue Reading...
precarious world of hypertension (HTN) as it relates to a specific and substantial segment of the American population. The study sought to determine whether an intervention with African-American students between the ages of 14 -- 17 would be efficac Continue Reading...
Of primary concern are the 7% who are not enrolled in the VHA but qualify for coverage, the 10% living in poverty, the 7% without any health coverage, and the 0.2% who suffer from compensable PTSD and have undiagnosed hypertension. Outreach programs Continue Reading...
Obviously, the articles were created for different audiences, and for different purposes. The Ebony article assumes the reader has a basic knowledge of hypertension, while the AAFP article understands the physician has the knowledge, which is why it Continue Reading...
Introduction, Problem Statement, Objectives and Aims, and Significance of Practice Problems: HYPERTENSIONAs previously reported, hypertension is a pervasive public health concern that affects millions of individuals worldwide (Fang et al., 2021). Des Continue Reading...
DNP PROJECT : Project Vision, Mission and Objectives, PICOT Question (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Timeframe), Feasibility, Sample and SettingProject Vision, Mission, and ObjectivesVision:A future where minority communities disp Continue Reading...
Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure, which refers to an elevated pressure of the blood in the arteries. There are two major factors that cause hypertension and they can be present independently or together. These factors are the heart p Continue Reading...
